I found my wallpaper. Well, I found several versions of it, but some of the wallpaper I like is hand-painted silk wallpaper, notably at Griffin and Wong.

Unfortunately, it’s about 400 USD for a panel that’s the standard 3-foot wide and 10-foot high.

I found Griffin and Wong, by the way, by doing a search for “cheap Chinoiserie, through which I found this forum forum on less expensive Chinoiserie wall paper: http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/decor/msg0523344324974.html

The forum has some interesting tips, notably the idea of buying one panel and splitting it up and framing it.

But me, I want wall paper.

And I found it! At Stroheim & Romann. I went down to their showroom and fell in love with this pattern—whimsical, cheerful, and it comes with a pale blue background color which is almost identical to my paint in the hall. It’s $88 a single roll, but, in one of those infuriating things about wallpaper, you have to buy a triple roll, which makes it like $264.

And then, do I dare to try hanging it myself? Or do I hire someone?

Anyway, compared with Griffin & Wong, it seems very inexpensive. Sort of. And it’s more light-hearted, in a way. The version I really love has that great pale blue background color which unfortunately I cannot reproduce here.

http://www.griffinandwong.com/

http://www.stroheim.com/

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